Survivor (Helena Paparizou song)

"Survivor"
Single by Helena Paparizou
from the album One Life
Released	February 23, 2014
Recorded	2013; Sweden
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Length	3:04
Label	Lionheart Music Group
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Ljunggren Henrik Wikström Karl-Ola Kjellholm Sharon Vaughn
Helena Paparizou singles chronology
"Den Thelo Allon Iroa" (2013) "Survivor" (2014) "Don't Hold Back On Love" (2014)

"Survivor" is a song recorded by Swedish Greek singer-songwriter Helena Paparizou. The song was released on February 23, 2014 as the second single from Paparizou's third English-language album, One Life (2014).^[2] It is also available in first disc of the 2014 Melodifestivalen album.^[3] The song was written by Bobby Ljunggren, Henrik Wikström, Karl-Ola Kjellholm and Sharon Vaughn. It participated in the 2014 Melodifestivalen where it came fourth in the final behind Alcazar, Ace Wilder and the winner, Sanna Nielsen.^[4][5]

"Survivor" is a mid-tempo pop rock song that discusses a relationship, a break-up and how she got over it. The song peaked at number 18 on the Sverigetopplistan top 60 singles and at number 6 on the DigiListan top 60 singles. The song received mostly critical acclaim by critics that reviewed songs from the 2014 Melodifestivalen, who complimented both the lyrical and musical content as well as the song's performance.

Even though most of the songs from One Life are English versions of tracks from Paparizou's fifth Greek-language album Ti Ora Tha Vgoume?, "Survivor" is one of the songs that the version of the album is the first and only version. "Survivor" is also her second single release in Sweden after her seven years absence from the Swedish industry, following the first single of the album "Save Me (This Is An SOS)" and preceding the third single of the album "Don't Hold Back on Love".